Rocket Man: Swan Song Audio shoots for the moon at AXPONA 2026
Rogier van Bakel recounts his visit to a Schaumburg hotel room that, it's safe to say, looked like no other at AXPONA 2026—the Swan Song Audio room.
Rogier van Bakel recounts his visit to a Schaumburg hotel room that, it's safe to say, looked like no other at AXPONA 2026—the Swan Song Audio room.
Ken Micallef speaks with chief audiophile and President of AXISS Audio USA Cliff Duffey and Soulotion owner Cyrill Hammer about the gear in one of the AXISS Audio USA rooms at AXPONA 2026, which includes a Soulution 350 phono stage, Soulution 312 amplifier, and Gauder Akustik Elargo 200 speakers.
Miguel Barrio says that the Western Electric Room at AXPONA 2026 is one of those rooms that make you feel you have traveled in time the moment you see it. Find out why.
Rogier van Bakel recounts the "adventure" of how he finally got to AXPONA 2026—and how brand new, pre-production Dutch & Dutch 15c speakers came to his rescue upon arrival.
Ken Micallef and Miguel Barrio welcome one and all to our upcoming in-depth AXPONA 2026 coverage. Ken, Miguel, and Rogier van Bakel will be conducting show interviews and showing us lots of great new gear from the show in the days ahead, so stay tuned!
In our latest video interview from Montreal Audiofest 2026, Ken Micallef speaks with Essentia Technology co-founder Leoni Alexander-Tomas, and later with Jonathan Nye and John Rowland of Michell, about the British company's gear they were repping at the show, including the Michell Revolv turntable, Michell Gyro turntable, and Michell TecnoDec turntable.
In his final update from Montreal Audiofest 2026, Robert Schryer caps off the show with his visit to Audiophile Experts Room, where he checked out a system that included a Revox B77 MkIII reel-to-reel machine, Accuphase C-3900S preamplifier, and Dali Kore speakers.